Papers by Keyword: Qingdao

Abstract: China Qingdao has large quantities of historical celebrities’ former residences. How to prompt the relative protection and rational utilization in which the historical and cultural value could be retained has become a vital challenge that needs to respond. Through the fieldwork, this dissertation introduced the present situation in detail, consulted both the domestic and foreign practical experience, and put forward personal understanding towards the effective means to protect and utilize the historical celebrities’ former residences in Qingdao.

Abstract: This article reviews two projects with citizen participation in China: the resource recovery project in Shenyang and Taidong facade renewal project in Qingdao. In Shenyang, the international experts’ team motivated about 600 inhabitants to separate bioorganic garbage with satisfying result. In Qingdao, the cooperation between the government and the voluntary artists’ organization effectively completed the facade renewal project of Taidong commercial area. These two projects are able to demonstrate that citizen participation helps improve the quality of Chinese urban space under present conditions, and that the push of the authority and the moderation of the specialists are the key factors for successfully integrating the strength of the citizens into planning practice.

Abstract: This article briefly introduces the characteristic architectural heritage in Qingdao, and then shows both the progresses and the deficits of Qingdao’s heritage preservation since implementation of the reform in 1978. The author argues that only depending on the power of the government in the issue of heritage preservation is insufficient. Qingdao should actively promote citizen participation for improving the city’s strength of heritage preservation.